critical raw materials

Serbia Seeks to Build Bankable Metals Processing Supply Chains

Serbia and Southeast Europe are being positioned for a metals investment cycle in which the commercial focus extends beyond mineral extraction to processing, traceability, emissions data and access to European industrial markets. The region has copper, lithium potential, lead-zinc assets, a bauxite legacy, steel capacity, aluminium exposure, industrial land, hydropower and thermal generation, rail corridors, Danube logistics and proximity to EU buyers. The investment case increasingly depends on whether ore, concentrates, refined metals and semi-finished inputs can be developed into…